The greatest of all times - dead at 74

[jclalor 12]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n584776

[ryoder 1,390]

Damn.
I saw a news item yesterday that he had been hospitalized, but I didn't know it was this bad.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[efs4ever 3]

Wow, he died on a phone number of mine.

6316.

Russell M. Webb D 7014
Attorney at Law
713 385 5676
https://www.tdcparole.com

[airdvr 197]

He lived a great life. I can remember when boxing was big I laid in my bed listening to a live radio broadcast of the "Thrilla in Manila" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrilla_in_Manila.

I kind of chuckled when his daughter referred to him as a"mountain of humble". I can think of many words to describe Ali. That wouldn't have been my first choice.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[akarunway 1]

Maybe him and Hanoi Jane can hookup soon.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[Niki1 1]

akarunway

Maybe him and Hanoi Jane can hookup soon.

You know nothing of the man.

Jane, on the other hand, we're on the same page.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis

Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

[jclalor 12]

akarunway

Maybe him and Hanoi Jane can hookup soon.

"I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger."

[akarunway 1]

Cousin gets drafted. Comes back seriously wounded, physically and mentally. Ali draft dodges and makes lifetime 57 mil. Also states he hates whites. FUCK HIM

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[kallend 1,634]

akarunway

Cousin gets drafted. Comes back seriously wounded, physically and mentally. Ali draft dodges and makes lifetime 57 mil.

Good for Ali. Maybe if everyone had refused to be drafted the USA wouldn't have lost some 54,000+ young men in a pointless war that only served to enrich the stockholders of defense contractors, demoralized the US military for decades, and achieved nothing of strategic value to the USA.

...

The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[wolfriverjoe 1,346]

akarunway

Cousin gets drafted. Comes back seriously wounded, physically and mentally. Ali draft dodges and makes lifetime 57 mil. Also states he hates whites. FUCK HIM

He didn't "dodge" the draft. He refused. And paid the price.

He didn't run off to Canada. He didn't have his rich and influential daddy find him a cushy spot in the National Guard. He didn't use a college deferment (not that any of these options were really available to him).

He publicly stated that he wouldn't go. And was tried, convicted, and sentenced. He appealed the conviction all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was overturned.

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

[BillyVance 34]

Too soon?

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[ryoder 1,390]

BillyVance

Too soon?

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[ryoder 1,390]

akarunway

Cousin gets drafted. Comes back seriously wounded, physically and mentally. Ali draft dodges and makes lifetime 57 mil. Also states he hates whites. FUCK HIM

He made $57M having his brain pounded to a pulp and living the last half of his life handicapped. Would you trade places with him? No way in hell I would!

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[normiss 622]

Rightfully so IMO.

I thought it was an impressive challenge to the law.

[SkyDekker 1,129]

wolfriverjoe

***Cousin gets drafted. Comes back seriously wounded, physically and mentally. Ali draft dodges and makes lifetime 57 mil. Also states he hates whites. FUCK HIM

He didn't "dodge" the draft. He refused. And paid the price.

He didn't run off to Canada. He didn't have his rich and influential daddy find him a cushy spot in the National Guard. He didn't use a college deferment (not that any of these options were really available to him).

He publicly stated that he wouldn't go. And was tried, convicted, and sentenced. He appealed the conviction all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was overturned.

All true. Though today we would call him a terrorist.

[BillyVance 34]

SkyDekker

******Cousin gets drafted. Comes back seriously wounded, physically and mentally. Ali draft dodges and makes lifetime 57 mil. Also states he hates whites. FUCK HIM

He didn't "dodge" the draft. He refused. And paid the price.

He didn't run off to Canada. He didn't have his rich and influential daddy find him a cushy spot in the National Guard. He didn't use a college deferment (not that any of these options were really available to him).

He publicly stated that he wouldn't go. And was tried, convicted, and sentenced. He appealed the conviction all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was overturned.

All true. Though today we would call him a terrorist.

He did use his status and fame to stand up for himself against the government. And yes, he paid the price. And no, I wouldn't trade places with him either.

That said, I'll leave this here too...

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban